mahavishnu orchestra : meeting of spirits (inner mounting flame)
adaptation for guitar (parts of other instruments are in guitar score,
so translate)
intro
--12--------13-----12-----11--------7----5--7------7------7-----////19--|
--11--------12-----11-----10--------6----4--6------6------6-------------|(susteined)
--12--------13-----12-----11--------7----5--7------7------7-------------|
--11--------12-----11-----10--------6----4--6------6------6-------------|
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main riff 1
(keyboards or and guitar)
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--2-----5---2-----5-----------2-----5---2-----5----------------|
-----4---------4-----------------4---------4-------------------|
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---------------------0-2--0-2--------------------0-3--0-3------|
(bass and or guitar)
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repeated number of times-
(listen to theme)--------|
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main riff 2 (plays violin, bass)
first 4 times
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------------------------------10-----------------------|------------|
----11--9----12--11-9-----12-11-12--11-9-11--9---------|-9----------|
---------------12-----------------------------------12-|----12-11-9-|
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only 5th time
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-9-----9------------|
--12119-12119-------|
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first riff (violin, guitar) bass maintains main riff sometimes an octave
higher
variation 1 variation 2
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-14-1717-14-17--14-17-|-14-17-|-14-17bbb(all you can bend it)-|
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variation 3
----17bbb-----------------|
-14-----------------------|
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(listen to the theme to know exactly when to play
each variation)
- while the theme advances the guitar and the violin improvise between
the variations and the repetitions of this riff.
main riff 2 is manteined
improvisation guitar (supposedly)
scale that is played by guitar
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/m/mahavishnu-orchestra/68115.html ]
------------------------------------------------|--19-17-------------|
--17-14-----------------------------------------|--------19-17-------|
--------16-14-----------------------------------|--------------18-16-|
--------------16-14-------14-12-------12-9------|--------------------|
--------------------16-14-------14-12------12-9-|--------------------|
------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
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18-16---------------|
------18-16---------|
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(improvise listening to john's typical licks...)
first riff (7 or 8 times)
second riff (violin anf guitar)
-------------------------------------------------------------9----109-|
-------------------------------------------------10----1210---1210----|
----------------------------9-------11-9----12119--1211----12---------|
--9-------11--9----12--11-9---12-11------12---------------------------|
----12-10-------12----------------------------------------------------|
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--1210914-(susteined|
12----------note)---|
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--12--10--------------10-----|--------------|-14--------17--|-1714----|
----------10--------------12-|-10h12--10h12-|-----15-17-----|-----1517|
---------------12-11---------|--------------|---------------|---------|
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-improvise in-----------------| (getting faster and faster)
---the propper scale----------|
---really fast----------------|
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main riff 1 (now improvise the keyboards)
main riff 1 continues
Third riff (violin and guitar)
x1
--14-----|-17-14-12109-----------------------------------------------|
----1715-|------------1210-------------------------------------------|
---------|----------------12---------------------------9--------11-9-|
---------|-------------------9-------11--9----12--11-9----12-11------|
---------|---------------------12-10-------12------------------------|
---------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
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---------10----1210---|
----12119--1211----12-|
-12-------------------|
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x3 coda
-9----109--12109141210-|--14)))))-----------------------------------|
--1210---12------------|--------------------------------------------|
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(you eliminate 141210 and this instead)
Mixture between main riff 1 and main riff 2
First riff (7 or 8 times) (with improvisation)
second riff
Main riff 1 (improvises violin)
Ending (fade out)
tab by ledsalguis
